往生集 1.244

1.244

贊曰。畜笛自娛。古人聊記悟由。因用以作佛事耳。俱胝得天龍一指頭禪。而終身竪指。端公見弄獅子。以發明心地。而常被綵衣。乃至誤讀楞嚴。而不改句讀。皆此類也。猖狂自恣之徒。慎毋以是藉口。

Appraisal: Keeping a flute to amuse himself was merely an ancient's way of marking the cause of his awakening, thereby using it to perform Buddha-work. Master Juzhi obtained the 'one finger Chan' of Tianlong and held up a finger for the rest of his life; Elder Duan saw someone performing with a toy lion to illuminate the ground of his mind and constantly wore multicolored clothes; and someone who misread the Śūraṅgama did not correct the phrasing—these are all of this kind. Let wild, reckless, and self-indulgent people beware of using this as an excuse.